<p>Do you think it would be okay to ask a teacher to evaluate me, instead of my school counselor? I know, we've teacher evaluations already, but General Studies don't really fit into Humanities/Natural Sciences... Counselor doesn't really know me, and anyway she's too busy to be bothered with evaluations (she asked me to write it on my own! -_-).</p>
<p>General Studies... A Levels? I'm sorry I didn't help before. I hope you solved this issue. :) </p>
<p>And that's quite weird...telling you to write your own evaluation!</p>
<p>Hmm I think its possible to get a teacher to write ur final school report, so long as she can provide the required information and ur relevant transcripts. You might even include a note explaining y a teacher is doing it and not the counselor (because she asked u to write it ur own!), it may put u in a gd light lol. honesty and integrity! </p>
<p>General studies? I assume that's something like General Paper in A Levels? I think that's more of humanities than Natural Sciences...</p>
<p>hey! malaysian too.</p>
<p>@the person who knows someone who got into wesleyan with a shcolarship without f6: are you definitely, absolutely sure? 'cos they specifically say that they cannot, under whatsoever circumstances, consider malaysian applicants wihtout f6/a lvls. mmm. </p>
<p>@everyone else, hey! =)</p>
<p>Thanks, Izzy and woebegone. I got my Form 6 teacher co-ordinator to do it--found a loophole: 'Director of Studies.' :)</p>
<p>And ya, General Studies is similar to General Paper at A-levs</p>
<p>haha okie dat's gd enlit, but is it done already? the deadline is creeping by... </p>
<p>and i hate general paper.</p>
<p>I experienced one semester of General Paper. It's entirely random, and it doesn't really teach you how to...think analytically or critically. It was a really bizarre class. We went from presentation about divorce to cloning to cities?</p>
<p>Erm it teaches you nothing except to write in a fixed manner: Thesis - Anthetisis - Synergy. But worst of all is the assessment. So random and arbitrary! The best guy in my class in general paper ended up getting a B3 in his A Levels (I dun think he's ever gotten that kind of grade during his sch exams), whereas some who usually barely pass end up getting A2s or even A1s... Yeah I am complaining coz I wasn't so lucky. :(</p>
<p>:( <em>hands you chocolate</em> </p>
<p>My teacher didn't even give us pointers on writing the essay. Oh well, I went from that to TOK. Not any better but at least that teacher tries to help us.</p>
<p>hmm what's TOK?</p>
<p>Theory of Knowledge, part of IB. Main questions guiding the course is "What do I know?" and "How do I know what I know?" Hopefully the teachers who teach this course don't get too cynical...</p>
<p>ic... basically critical thinking? (or cynical thinking lol)</p>
<p>Yeah, kind of like that.</p>
<p>Happy New Year, guys.</p>
<p>Happy new yr! (though i think in most parts of the world its not yet 2006...)</p>
<p>General Studies here is more like taking govt propaganda and Malay... critical thinking? uh... i doubt its existence in M'sian schools</p>
<p>lol ok... that sounds like social studies here.</p>
<p>Haha, ya, that's what my friends in S'pore say. :)</p>
<p>actually critical thinking does exist, according to out government. it's called kbkk, remember? kemahiran berfikir secara kritis dan kreatif.</p>
<p>but they should probably rename it to what it really is: kbkk menurut propaganda kerajaan dan skema jawapan. </p>
<p>(translation: critical thinking according to government propaganda and the inviolate answer scheme)</p>